LEGISLATURE

The House Of Representatives on Tuesday commended the decision of President Bola Tinubu on fuel subsidy removal. This followed a motion of urgent public importance by a member, Jimoh Olajide. The House further appealed to Nigerians to be patient and prayerful to allow the…

The Senate has amended the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act to extend the implementation year from the 30th of June to the 31st of December, 2023. The National Assembly extended the implementation of the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act from 31st December 2022 to 31st…

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami says so far his office has successfully recovered over one billion dollars ($1bn) for the country. He stated this when he appeared before an ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives which is…

An unusual spat broke out at Wednesday plenary of the House of Representatives between the speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila and his deputy, Ahmed Idris Wase. The bone of contention was an announcement on the early adjournment of Thursday plenary to enable the speaker and…

The Senate has passed a bill seeking to compensate victims of the EndSARS protest for second reading. The bill which was sponsored by Senator Gershom Bassey, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Cross River State, was passed on Wednesday. Leading debate…

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking approval for a request to pay the judgement debt in the sum of $566,754,584, £98,526 and N226 billion. The monies were owed by the Federal Government through the issuance of promissory notes. The President’s…

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa for reappointment as the Chairman and CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) for a second term. President Muhammadu Buhari had written to the Senate requesting that the Upper Chamber confirm her appointment. In…

Senators and members of the House of Representatives will be sharing a total of N30.2 billion as severance allowance when the 9th National Assembly winds down next month, according to an investigation conducted by press. Also to benefit from the said sum are…

Few months after the appointment of a new management board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the chairman of the board, Lauretta Onochie, and the Managing Director, Samuel Ogbuku, on Friday, openly engaged each other in corruption allegations exchanges at the…

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila says he regrets supporting Aminu Tambuwal for the position he held between June 2011 and May 2015 in the National Assembly. Gbajabiamila made this known on Wednesday in Abuja during an address to members-elect from…